Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) rose 4.88% to 3.18% in Bahrain in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Bahrain reached an all time high of 3.25% in 2011 and an all time low of 1.11% in 1991. When compared to Bahrain's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Iran amounted to 43.2%, 0.598% in Kuwait, 0.397% in Qatar and 1.37% in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
Bahrain has been ranked 169th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bahrain | % | 3.12% | 3.06% | 3.03% | 3.04% | 3.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 43.0% | 43.7% | 44.8% | 43.8% | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 27.3% | 22.1% | 16.1% | 9.16% | 5.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 2.47% | 2.42% | 2.37% | 2.34% | 2.31% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.360% | 0.310% | 0.600% | 0.530% | 0.520% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 73.5% | 75.2% | 76.0% | 73.9% | 71.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.400% | 0.390% | 0.390% | 0.400% | 0.480% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 1.39% | 1.35% | 1.30% | 1.32% | 1.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 42.5% | 41.0% | 39.7% | 38.2% | 36.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 1.24% | 1.25% | 1.31% | 2.50% | 3.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 67.0% | 64.9% | 64.4% | 63.3% | 62.0% |
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